McConnell headed to trial in June

Thursday

Mar 28, 2013 at 11:22 AM

By Matt Durr

matt.durr@hillsdale.netHILLSDALE — A jury trial has been scheduled for June 25 and 26 for a case involving 17-year-old Dylan McConnell and the death of a Hanover man McConnelle allegedlycaused in a traffic accident last year.

McConnell's lawyers and prosecutors were unable to reach a deal during a pretrial Monday in Hillsdale County Circuit Court.

It is alleged that on the morning of Dec. 11 of last year McConnell, an unlicensed driver, crashed into the vehicle of Mick Lee Obenour on M-99. A toxicology report showed McConnell had Xanax and synthetic marijuana in his system and witnesses testified at a preliminary examination that they witnessed McConnell using drugs the night before the accident.

McConnell is charged with one count of operating while intoxicated causing death, one count of operating while intoxicated causing serious injury, one count of operating with licenses suspended, revoked, denied causing death, one count of operating with licenses suspended, revoked, denied causing serious injury and one count of a moving violation causing death.

Although he is a minor, McConnell can be charged as an adult according to Michigan law.